Alex Tong

2.2k total citations
32 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alex Tong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Tong has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alex Tong's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (5 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (4 papers). Alex Tong is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (5 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (4 papers). Alex Tong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Alex Tong's co-authors include Hao Wu, John Nemunaitis, Tian‐Min Fu, Neil Senzer, Qian Yin, Shuobing Chen, Alvin Lu, Youdong Mao, Phillip B. Maples and Casey Cunningham and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alex Tong

31 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex Tong United States 14 971 518 452 181 96 32 1.5k
Brian S. Roberts United States 21 2.4k 2.4× 292 0.6× 315 0.7× 347 1.9× 69 0.7× 40 3.0k
Chein‐Hung Chen Taiwan 16 820 0.8× 379 0.7× 207 0.5× 129 0.7× 68 0.7× 23 1.3k
Jane Osbourn United Kingdom 17 1.3k 1.3× 291 0.6× 362 0.8× 68 0.4× 122 1.3× 26 1.8k
Christian U. Stirnimann Switzerland 15 1.3k 1.3× 178 0.3× 472 1.0× 175 1.0× 137 1.4× 17 2.0k
K Segawa Japan 14 810 0.8× 180 0.3× 640 1.4× 198 1.1× 58 0.6× 28 1.2k
Toshiya Hayano Japan 25 2.2k 2.2× 576 1.1× 488 1.1× 176 1.0× 99 1.0× 45 2.5k
Patricia Barral United Kingdom 19 813 0.8× 1.2k 2.3× 416 0.9× 82 0.5× 79 0.8× 37 2.1k
Tharan Srikumar Canada 25 1.8k 1.9× 236 0.5× 417 0.9× 162 0.9× 151 1.6× 35 2.3k
Carlos P. Rubbi United Kingdom 18 1.3k 1.4× 128 0.2× 594 1.3× 96 0.5× 59 0.6× 31 1.6k
Mark J. Krantz Canada 23 1.3k 1.3× 750 1.4× 338 0.7× 83 0.5× 29 0.3× 34 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Tong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Tong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Tong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Tong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Tong based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Tong. Alex Tong is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tong, Alex, et al.. (2025). A structural atlas of death domain fold proteins reveals their versatile roles in biology and function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(8). e2426986122–e2426986122.
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Burgos‐Bravo, Francesca, Alex Tong, Li Chen, et al.. (2025). FACT weakens the nucleosomal barrier to transcription and preserves its integrity by forming a hexasome-like intermediate. Molecular Cell. 85(11). 2097–2109.e8. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Mingxuan, Alex Tong, Keishi Shintomi, et al.. (2023). Monitoring the compaction of single DNA molecules in Xenopus egg extract in real time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(12). 165–171. 7 indexed citations
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Tong, Alex, et al.. (2023). A trailing ribosome speeds up RNA polymerase at the expense of transcript fidelity via force and allostery. Cell. 186(6). 1244–1262.e34. 22 indexed citations
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Castillo, Juan P., Alex Tong, Kevin P. Larsen, et al.. (2022). Friction-driven membrane scission by the human ESCRT-III proteins CHMP1B and IST1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(29). e2204536119–e2204536119. 18 indexed citations
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Tong, Alex & Carlos Bustamante. (2021). Helical inchworming: a novel translocation mechanism for a ring ATPase. Biophysical Reviews. 13(6). 885–888. 6 indexed citations
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Castillo, Juan P., et al.. (2021). A DNA packaging motor inchworms along one strand allowing it to adapt to alternative double-helical structures. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3439–3439. 10 indexed citations
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Jiang, Kai, Alex Tong, Kevin D. Dorfman, et al.. (2019). Hydrophobic catalysis and a potential biological role of DNA unstacking induced by environment effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(35). 17169–17174. 75 indexed citations
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Lu, Alvin, Yang Li, Florian I. Schmidt, et al.. (2016). Molecular basis of caspase-1 polymerization and its inhibition by a new capping mechanism. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(5). 416–425. 136 indexed citations
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Ru, Heng, Melissa G. Chambers, Tian‐Min Fu, et al.. (2015). Molecular Mechanism of V(D)J Recombination from Synaptic RAG1-RAG2 Complex Structures. Cell. 163(7). 1807–1807. 1 indexed citations
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Ru, Heng, Melissa G. Chambers, Tian‐Min Fu, et al.. (2015). Molecular Mechanism of V(D)J Recombination from Synaptic RAG1-RAG2 Complex Structures. Cell. 163(5). 1138–1152. 121 indexed citations
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Li, Yaqin, et al.. (2015). Biomarkers Analysis for Heterogeneous Immune Responses of Quiescent CD8+cells -A Clue for Personalized Immunotherapy.. PubMed. 1(1). 1 indexed citations
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Han, Shuang, et al.. (2013). A study on the effect of aqueous extract of <i>Lobelia chinensis</i> on colon precancerous lesions in rats. African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines. 10(6). 422–422. 6 indexed citations
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Dickman, Dion, Alex Tong, & Graeme W. Davis. (2012). Snapin is Critical for Presynaptic Homeostatic Plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(25). 8716–8724. 50 indexed citations
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Tong, Alex, Chris Jay, Neil Senzer, Phillip B. Maples, & John Nemunaitis. (2009). Systemic Therapeutic Gene Delivery for Cancer: Crafting Paris Arrow. Current Gene Therapy. 9(1). 45–60. 41 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Casey, Sunil Chada, James A. Merritt, et al.. (2004). Clinical and local biological effects of an intratumoral injection of mda-7 (IL24; INGN 241) in patients with advanced carcinoma: a phase I study. Molecular Therapy. 11(1). 149–159. 166 indexed citations
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Nemunaitis, John, et al.. (2000). Prognostic Role of K-ras in Patients with Progressive Colon Cancer Who Received Treatment with Marimastat (BB2516). Cancer Investigation. 18(3). 185–190. 8 indexed citations
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Nemunaitis, John, Alex Tong, Michael J. Mack, et al.. (1998). Prognostic Value of K-ras Mutations, ras Oncoprotein, and c-erb B-2 Oncoprotein Expression in Adenocarcinoma of the Lung. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 21(2). 155–160. 35 indexed citations
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Tong, Alex, et al.. (1976). SENSITISATION TO NEUROBLASTOMA. The Lancet. 308(7980). 310–310. 1 indexed citations

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